ev·er /ˈɛvɚ/
 (ad.)在任何時候,曾經;永遠,老是;比以往任何時候;究竟,到底
 Ev·er adv.  [Sometimes contracted into e'er.]
 1. At any time; at any period or point of time.
    No man ever yet hated his own flesh.   --Eph. v. 29.
 2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.
 He shall ever love, and always be
 The subject of by scorn and cruelty.   --Dryder.
 3. Without cessation; continually.
 Note: ☞ Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. “His the old man e'er a son?”
    To produce as much as ever they can.   --M. Arnold.
 Ever and anon, now and then; often. See under Anon.
 Ever is one, continually; constantly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
 Ever so, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See Never so, under Never.   “Let him be ever so rich.” --Emerson.
 And all the question (wrangle e'er so long),
 Is only this, if God has placed him wrong.   --Pope.
    You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters.   --Thackeray.
 -- For ever, eternally. See Forever.
 For ever and a day, emphatically forever. --Shak.
    She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day.   --Prof. Wilson.
 -- Or ever (for or ere), before. See Or, ere. [Archaic]
 Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
 Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!   --Shak.
 Note: ☞ Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning.
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 ever
      adv 1: at any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all
             time" [syn: of all time]
      2: at all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will
         always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time";
         "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping
         to strike it rich"; "ever busy" [syn: always, e'er]
         [ant: never]
      3: (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so
         friendly" [syn: ever so]